Reagan and the States

Nathan, Richard P.; Doolittle, Fred

doi:10.1515/9781400858835

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“…The effects have been illuminated in a detailed study by Nathan et al (1987). They found that, in most cases, Reagan's retrenchment efforts were offset by fiscal replacement efforts by state and local governments.…”

Section: Scandinavian Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Macroeconomic Control of Subcentral Governments: Experience from the USA and Scandinavia

Blom‐Hansen

1998

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Subcentral governments have gradually become more and more important in the general level of public economic activity in Western nations, To an increasing extent, macrocconomic management implies that the economic activity of subcentral governments is taken into account. But how can centra! governments coordinate the economic activity of numerous subcentral governments? What kind of intergovernmental arrangement is necessary? The author argues that fiscal federalism, the traditional approach to this problem, cannot answer these questions satisfactorily. The focus of fiscal federalism is on economic incentives in intergovernmental relations. The author argues that this is not sufficient. Fiscal federalism must be supplemented by a focus on political methods of influence. An analysis of Scandinavian and US ways of involving subccntral governments in macroeconomic management shows that the role played by subccntral government associations is crucial in the effectiveness of macrocconomic management.

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Section: Scandinavian Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Macroeconomic Control of Subcentral Governments: Experience from the USA and Scandinavia

Blom‐Hansen

1998

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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“…However, the complete, aggregated distribution of scale scores masks a substantively important trend that occurs within a subset of the states. During the 1980s, southern states were particularly active in taking on new responsibilities in order to make up for the drastic cutbacks that occurred at the federal level (Nathan and Doolittle, 1987). Virtually all this activity took place within the respective states' executive branches, as governors and administrators took the lead in pushing new health care initiatives (Beyle, 1988;.…”

Section: The Evolution Of Bureaucratic Policy Makingmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Structure of Bureaucratic Decisions in the American States

Schneider¹,

Jacoby²,

Coggburn³

1997

Public Administration Review

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“…With rare exceptions, the states were not able to compensate for the federal restraint. On the contrary, in many areas federal contraction brought state contraction along with it (Nathan, Doolittle, and Associates, 1987;Salamon, Musselwhite, and DeVita, 1986).…”

Section: Recent Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%